Meet the MarineHQ Crew

A tiny, bright orange clownfish who helps Grade 1 explorers learn to count. He hides in anemones and pops out with counting challenges. He's the first friend Finn ever made when he guided a lost clownfish home — and that clownfish was Nemo Jr.'s dad!

A cheerful pink starfish with five arms — one for each vowel! She helps early readers sound out words by wiggling the arm that matches each sound. She lives on a rock near the shore and waves at every explorer who passes by.

Inky squirts ink that magically forms into sentences! She teaches Grade 2 explorers about paragraphs, sentence structure, and story elements. She's Wanda's younger cousin and dreams of writing her own adventure story someday. Her ink comes in 8 different colors.

Rex is a brain coral (literally shaped like a brain!) who teaches place value and regrouping by arranging tiny fish into groups of tens and ones. He never moves from his spot on the reef but sees everything. Captain Coral named the reef after him.

Otto floats on his back cracking open math problems like sea urchins. He's the go-to friend for fractions and multiplication, using kelp strands and shells as manipulatives. He holds the record for solving the most problems while floating — 47 in one afternoon!

Pippa is a tiny seahorse who loves research. She darts between kelp fronds collecting "evidence" for reading comprehension lessons. She teaches kids about text features — headings, captions, glossaries — by organizing her own mini-library of ocean facts.

Echo is a playful dolphin who teaches figurative language by demonstrating it. She'll do a spectacular leap and say, "I'm as graceful as a... what? That's a simile!" She helps with multi-paragraph essays by showing how ideas "flow" like dolphins through waves.

Puff inflates and deflates to demonstrate decimals and place values. "See? I'm 1.0 when I'm puffed up and 0.5 when I'm normal!" He makes long division less scary by breaking big numbers into bite-sized pieces, just like he breaks down his food.

Lumina drifts through the Deep Sea trailing bioluminescent light, inspiring poetry and creative writing. Her gentle glow pulses with the rhythm of a poem. She teaches meter, rhyme scheme, and figurative language by turning the dark ocean into a light show.

Mantis has the fastest punch in the ocean — and the fastest mind for math! He teaches order of operations with lightning speed, punching through problems step by step: "Parentheses first! Then exponents! Then multiply!" His energy is unmatched.

The mysterious Leviathan guards the deepest part of The Trench. He only appears when explorers reach algebraic thinking — the most advanced math at MarineHQ. He speaks in equations and riddles, challenging kids to "unlock the unknown" by solving for x.

An ancient giant clam at the very bottom of The Trench who stores every story ever written in the ocean. She teaches literary analysis and research paper skills by opening her shell to reveal scrolls of knowledge. She's Pearl's oldest friend and the two have debated books for over a century.